This is about the Do Not Call list. Have you tried to report a violation? Are you as fed up with this system as I am? You have to report something about 5,000 times and still nobody does anything about it and it takes about five or 10 minutes of your time to register a violation. This is our state government at work. 

Editor’s note: The Alabama Do Not Call List has been merged with the national Do Not Call Registry, operated by the Federal Trade Commission, according to the program website. Call 1-800-392-8050 to contact the state Public Service Commission’s Consumer Services Division, or go online to www.donotcall.gov to register telephone numbers, file complaints or find other assistance regarding the national registry designed to help consumers reduce the number of unwanted solicitation calls.

Teach teens good driving 

This is in reference to the fellow who called about teen driving. I have a 15-year-old son who is driving right now. Needless to say, I ride with him everywhere he goes because he needs this experience right now. I believe these kids need someone to explain to them how to drive and teach them the experience of the road. They need to know that it is not a game, that it is real life. I think he needs this year of experience and feel sorry for the kids whose parents don’t do this. I don’t think these parents care. I am out there teaching my kid every day and believe these kids need their parents with them. I don’t think they need to wait until they are 18. 

Park security going to dogs 

I don’t know what is going on but I was at a dog park tonight where we had a knock-down, drag-out fight between four dogs, causing two adults to be bitten. Then all of a sudden a man comes in and beats up another guy. I think the City Council should do a study on this, to see if hiring security would solve some of the problems in the dog park. Then maybe they could cut the police chief’s salary and put a security company on the payroll to handle the violence. 

Make kids’ father explain 

I’m calling about the poor DeBlase children who were killed. I think the father should be made to talk. I say he is wasting taxpayer money and time.

Fix bridges countywide 

(County Commission Chairman Frank) Burt pulled another fast one in Tuesday’s meeting. We need a list of the bridges in this county that need repair and they need to be repaired in the order of the condition of the bridge and the amount of traffic that crosses them, not done off in la-la land just because Burt wants it done in his district. 

Staff changes noticed 

On the Baldwin County Commission meetings I noticed that the Baldwin County Commission administrator is no longer there. Did he leave, resign or get fired? What is happening in Bay Minette? 

Editor’s note: Former County Administrator Michael Thompson, along with former Personnel Director Susan Lovett and former Planning and Zoning Director Wayne Dyess, on Nov. 2 were fired without cause at their own requests. In action taken during the last meeting of the previous County Commission, Thompson, Lovett and Dyess also received severance and other salary owed. In seeking their dismissals, all three cited differences with the management plans expressed by incoming commissioners and Commissioner Frank Burt. Filling the interim county administrator’s position is David Brewer, former assistant county administrator. 

Observations on road 

I witnessed two things yesterday — a beautiful deer running across Baldwin County 13 and a state trooper tailgating and talking on the phone.

Friend in time of need 

I was recently confronted with some financial setbacks when a lifelong friend came to my rescue. I won’t give his name because I know he wouldn’t want me to. That’s just the way he is. Thank you, my friend, you are truly one of a kind. 